Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express.
Oliver HerringEveryone is a creative agent. ... The tools are your imagination and your imagination is limitless.
Oliver HerringPerhaps the more "operatic" video pieces were a reaction to my knit sculpture, which kept me isolated for so long in the studio that the videos were a way for me to be social and flamboyant and to change my mind all the time. Because when I did the knit pieces, once I committed myself to a piece, I was locked into an idea, and the only thing that could really move was my mind. The early video pieces were a way for me to express what was going on in my mind.
Oliver HerringPart of the value of TASK is not to invest into anything permanent; to really celebrate the moment-the fluidity of creative action.
Oliver HerringIf somebody actually just walks up to you and says, โHey, do you want to do something out of the ordinary?โ there might be a little reluctance at first. But deep down, you want to do it. Itโs adventure. Thatโs what brings people in front of the camera. I also feel that when youโre in your own environment thatโs where you experiment, where you do all kinds of crazy stuff. So I thought, โOkay, letโs just see what happens if I allow that to unfold.โ
Oliver Herring